Taurine induces a long-lasting increase of synaptic efficacy and axon excitability in the hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-102

  Galarreta, Mario ^a   Bustamante, Julián ^b   Martín Del Río, Rafael ^a   Solís, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

axon excitability; EPSP; fiber volley; hippocampal slices; IPSP; long lasting synaptic potentiation; taurine; taurine uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030065541     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00092.1996     Document Type: Article

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